Prime minister to divorce after affair produces son

An affair between the Czech prime minister and the deputy speaker of parliament has produced a baby. After his son was born last week to Lucie Talmanova, 39, Mirek Topolanek, 51, said he was divorcing his wife. The prime minister campaigned on the theme of families last year. His government depends on the support of opposition defectors and early elections are a possibility. Last month, Jiri Paroubek, the opposition Social Democrat leader and former prime minister, left his wife to live with his interpreter, 21 years his junior. A poll found 70% of Czechs did not mind the affairs.